My First Interview

Preparations of my interview:
  I knew this guy from my roommate, and his name is Kuota Sato, he is from Japan. And we had this interview in the study room of library, on Frbruary 25th. During the interview I recorded it.


                                        

Country report:

   This time my interviewee is from Japan.  He told me that Japanese called their country as “Land of the rising sun”.

  According to the website, Journey to Asia, “Japan is a country of islands, extends along the eastern or Pacific coast of Asia. The four main islands, running from north to south, are Hokkaido, Honshu (or the mainland), Shikoku, and Kyushu. Okinawa Island is about 380 miles southwest of Kyushu. About 3,000 smaller islands are included in the archipelago. In total land area, Japan is slightly smaller than California. About 73% of the country is mountainous, with a chain running through each of the main islands. Japan's highest mountain is the world famous Mt. Fuji (12,388 feet).” That’s why Japan is famous for its Sushi.  

  My interviewee also strongly recommended me go to Japan for a touring. On the website Travel.state.Gov, there is an article describe that “a land of striking scenic beauty. First time visitors are impressed by its greenness and its mountains, which cover nearly three-quarters of the country. Gentle plains and intermountain basins account for only about 25% of Japanese territory” As I said it before, sushi is very good over there and it’s already have become a world famous food. There is a lot of Sushi restraints in downtown Tokyo.

So from my point of view, I think when you have a chance we should go to Japan to have a look.

Cited

1.      http://www.koreanhistoryproject.org/Jta/Jp/index.htm visited date: 2011-2-26

2.      http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1148.html visited date:2011-2-28

                                                 
Interview report: 
  My interviewee, Kouta Sato, is from Japan this time. He was born in the Tokyo and his native language is Japanese. He is a guy whose cloth is very fashion and cares about his own style.

  Japan is an island nation in East Asia; it is an archipelago of 6,852 islands. Japan has over 127 million people. The city that Sato comes from is a crowed place. As of October 1, 2009, the population of Tokyo is estimated to be 12.989 million, or about 10% of Japan’s total population, and it has the largest population among all the 47 prefectures. Sato likes to drive in America with less population but more land. The only thing that he doesn’t like here is the weather.

Compare with his hometown there is almost no snow back home. However, because of the weather, the life style is different in Japan and Sato told me he would like to try out every different kind of life style. And with different experience talking to people here, he can learn a lot of words, which helps him with his English speaking skill. After his graduation, Sato wants to have a job here to gain some experience to develop his personal vale, and then succeed more chances when he go back to Japan. Because English is global language, he is happy with he

When we talked about the hoppy, Sato seemed very excited to tell me he like traveling by car. He can see a lot of landscape through the window. Traveling gives him different experience of life. He also recommended people come to USA if they get chance.

I was fully prepared for this interview, so that it went through very well. Sometimes we get something in common, I think because we are both Asians. Our interview was in one of the study room in the library, Miller center. There are quite and nice.


                                                   

Interview Transcript:

Xu: Hi, This is Mengfei Xu, I’m in my English 191 class, and I need to have a short interview with you.

Sato: Sure

1.      Xu：Where were you born, your native language, and where did you grow up?
Sato: My name is Kouta Sato. I was born in Japan, Japanese is my native language, I grew up there.

2.      Xu: Why did you choose go to school in SCSU?

Sato: I heard it from my friend and he was studying here.

3.      Xu: Could you tell me a traditional thing in your country?

Sato: I would like to tell you about the traditional cloth of Japan. It’s unique in the world.

4.      Xu: How is your living situation in St. Cloud different than at home?
Sato: it’s not so crowd than in Japan and the people are very friendly.

5.      Xu: Do you want to work in the United States?
Sato: Yes, I want to get more experience and I can have more chances when I go back to Japan.

6.      Xu: What do you enjoy to do for fun?

Sato: I like traveling by car. I can see a lot of different landscape through the window.

7.      Xu: Do you think English should be a global language?
Sato: Yes, there are lots of English speaking countries in the world, and everybody is learning English, of course we need to use it.

8.      Xu: Do you recommend people attend school in the U.S.?
Sato: If you have chance to come, then come for sure. It great opportunity for life.

9.      Xu: What’s the most difficult thing that you met at school so far?

Sato: Some of the words that I cannot really understand.

10.  Xu: What do you miss about being home?

Sato: The food back home and my family.

Xu: Thank you for your time. Have a nice day.
Sato: You are welcome. You too.